Installation guide

Chapter 1. Kickstart Installations 23
1.4.5. device
device (optional)
On most PCI systems, the installation program will autoprobe for Ethernet and SCSI
cards properly. On older systems and some PCI systems, however, kickstart needs a
hint to find the proper devices. The device command, which tells Anaconda to install
extra modules, is in this format:
device
type moduleName --opts options
type should be scsi or eth, and moduleName is the name of the kernel mod-
ule which should be installed.
--opts
Options to pass to the kernel module. Note that multiple options may be passed if
they are put in quotes. For example:
--opts "aic152x=0x340 io=11"
1.4.6. deviceprobe
deviceprobe (optional)
Forces a probe of the PCI bus and loads modules for all the devices found if a module
is available.
1.4.7. driverdisk
driverdisk (optional)
Driver disks can be used during kickstart installations. You will need to copy the driver
disk’s contents to the root directory of a partition on the system’s hard drive. Then you
will need to use the driverdisk command to tell the installation program where to look
for the driver disk.
driverdisk
partition [--type fstype ]
partition is the partition containing the driver disk.
--type
Filesystem type (for example, vfat, ext2, or ext3).
1.4.8. firewall
firewall (optional)
Firewall options can be configured in kickstart. This configuration corresponds to the
Firewall Configuration screen in the installation program.